Wardrobe-trunk



G. F. GRUBE.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLIICATION FILED NOV. 8, 1919.

1,367,251. Patented Feb. 1,1921.

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KJJJW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. GRUBE, OF EVANS TON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE BELBER TRUNK & BAG COMPANY; OF PHILADELPHIA, "PENNSYLVANIA, A :CORPDRA OF PENNSYLVANIA.

WARDROBE-TRUNK.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

Application meanbve ter s, 1919. s r al No. 336,572.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, GEORGE F. GRUBE, a citizen. of the United States, residing at Evanston, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe-Trunks, of which the followin is a full, clear, and exact description, re erence being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device for use in wardrobe trunks by means of which the garment suspended in the trunk compartment maybe held in substantially fixed position therein.

The object of my invention is to provide an efiicient and more durable and readily operable retainer or ,followerwhich, while utilizing certain known structural features, contains also certain features of novelty.

A preferred embod ment of the. nvent on is shown in the accompanying drawings, in

Figure 1 is a perspective view of ;a wardrobe trunk with .my invention. applied thereto. J I i,

Fig. 2 is a front view of the upper part of a trunk compartment andthe upper part of the retainer.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the pair of upper holders for the retainer.

ig. 4 is a front view of the retainer detached from the trunk.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is atop view of the trunk compartment containing my invention, with the hinged compartment cover removed.

a and b are the two hinged compartments of a trunk, compartment 2) having a hinged top 0. Compartment 1) is provided with an extensible supporter for garment hangers, this supporter comprising rods d secured to the rear wall of the compartment and sleeves e in telesco ic relation with the respective rods and slidable on brackets f projecting inward from the side walls of the compartment. On this supporter is adapted to be suspended any number of garment hangers which may be of any conventional form.

hese hangers may be slid back and forth along the supporter and may be individually removed and replaced.

The garment retainer embodies the printhroughout its length. Suspended from this a bar is a flexible garment protector comprising a front section a: and a rear section y.

Eachsection comprises a facing fabric and a lining of canvas or other stiffening material. The two sections of the protector are secured together along opposite edges from a point just beneath the top suspension bar-.71. for a certain distance and are unsecured throughout the remainder of their length. The two sections are also secured together transversely at or near the bottom of the protector.

Extending between sections :0 andy and secured to. one of them across the fabric at about the levelof the junction between the closed and open edges of the protector is a pocket e inclosing and supporting a flat is suspended a plurality of coil sprin s j which in turn carry a cross-bar k. fiike the pocket 2 and bar '5, the springs j and bar is are located between the two sections of fabric. i

The bars h and k project laterally beyond the edges of the flexible protector and are adaptedto engage holding bars secured to the side walls of the compartment. The lower pair of holding bars, with which the lower cross-bar is of the retainer is removably engageable, is of known form and comprises angle barsm provided with a succession of angular notches n adapted to receive the ends of the rod In.

Each holding bar of the upper pair c0mprises an angle bar 0 alon whose upper edge is arrangedn series oi projections 39. Each projection has vertical edges and rounded tops, thereby forming between them recesses with parallel vertical walls. Pro- 'ectin rearward from each ro'ection at mant vhwhose length is about equal to as we e a pro e t Fr m thi b s to prevent lateral slippage and disengage ment of the bar it after it is positioned in its holding bars 0.

Secured to the top of the bar it are one or more handles made, preferably, in the shape of loops t.

The holding bars h are arranged above the level of the extensible hanger supporter (l e and when the retainer is positioned in the trunk the suspension bar it overlies the hanger supporters d e and the garment hangers g.

The retainer is removable from in front of the garments by either swinging up the lid 0 and raising the suspension bar it by means of the handles t and dropping the retainer down over the front of the hanger supporter,-or by pulling down and then forwardly the lower cross-bar 7c and then either lifting it up over the top of the trunk or lifting the retainer out of the trunk by means of the handle t. The retainer is adjustable both at'bottom or top to confine the garments against the rear wall of the comp'a-rtment.

:It will be understood that the invention is equally applicable to the lid compartment ofa trunk of the old type, comprising a spacious body resting on its bottom and a liddswinging on the rear upper edge of the b0 V aving now fully described my invention,

what I claim and desire to protect by Let- 7 ters Patent is:

ment, a garment; han er supporter posi- 1. A-wardrobe trunlr having a comparttioned therein, a pair 0 holding bars at the upper portion of the compartment, one bar on each side of the compartment, said bars having upwardly extending projections, a second pair of holding bars below the first pair of bars having downward projections,

a garment retainer having an upper bar arranged to be seated between the projections on the upper holding bars, a lower bar for the retainer arranged to be seated in the recesses between the projections on the second pair of holding bars, and a flexible connecting member between the upper and lower retainer bars, the upper bar of the rectangular cross-section at its support engaging portions, supporting members for each end or said bar having spaced proections, there being recesses formed between sald pro ections having parallel side walls, the bottoms of said recesses being at right angles to the side walls, and a short laterally extending projection on the upper end of each projection overhanging the recess to prevent upward movement of the retainer bar when at that side of the recess.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, 111., on this 5th day of November 1919.-

=GEORGE F. GRUBE. 

